Take part in open, free-of-charge seminars organised by the British Council in Poland.

We would like to invite you to the Understanding IELTS series of workshops which will take place in:

Understanding IELTS is a workshop for teachers of English working with teenage and adult learners who are considering studying or working abroad and thus require a proper English language qualification.

The workshop consists of three 60-minute sessions:

			Session 1 (10:00-11:00)		This session is focused especially on those who have not been introduced to the IELTS test yet as well as on those who would like to refresh their knowledge about IELTS. Its main aim is to present the general IELTS test structure and interpretation of scores. Participants will learn about the particular parts of the test and the assessment criteria.
			Session 2 (11:30-12:30)		These two parts (Sessions 2 & 3) are more practical and will focus on the Writing and Speaking aims of the IELTS test.
			Session 3 (13:00-14:00)		Participants will be showed strategies leading to the most effective preparation of students of these two parts of the exam.

The Understanding IELTS workshops are conducted by:

• Matt Byrski is a teacher of English at the British Council English Teaching Centre where he prepares students for the IELTS test. He has been teaching English for almost 16 years now. Apart from Poland, he taught English in Australia where he ran ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) courses at AICL (The Australian Institute for Commerce and Languages) and the Carrick Institute for of Education in Sydney. He is particularly interested in CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning).
• Beata Mikolajewska is a teacher of English, an award-winning lecturer at the Open University of the University of Warsaw, and an experience ESOL and IELTS examiner. She has taught teenagers and adults in language schools, and currently teaches practical phonetics and conversational courses to college students.

If you are interested in attending the Understanding IELTS workshops, please download the registration form, fill it in and send it to us by:

• e-mail: exams.promotion@britishcouncil.pl
• fax: +48 (0) 22 621 99 55
• or post it to: British Council Examinations Services, Al. Jerozolimskie 59, 00-697 Warsaw

We will confirm the receipt of your registration form by e-mail.

We will contact you one week before the event in order to confirm your participation and inform you where the seminar will be held.

IMPORTANT!

Attendance is free of charge but please register because the number of places at all seminars is limited.

British Council reserves the right to restrict the number of attendees representing one institution as well as to cancel the seminar in the event of an insufficient number of participants registered for the event.

Every participant will receive training materials and a certificate of attendance.

The British Council training offer, apart from the open seminars, includes also seminars organised on-demand, on premises guaranteed by an ordering institutions.

The choice of subject of training lies with the institution.

The offer includes methodological seminars familiarising teachers of English with the content and structure of various exams, such as:

• Cambridge English: Young Learners English Tests (YLE)
• Cambridge English: Key (KET)
• Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET)
• Cambridge English: First (FCE)
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
• Cambridge English: Business (BEC).

as well as workshops covering the methodology of preparing students for specific examinations in English:

• How to teach and assess Speaking for FCE
• How to teach and assess Writing for FCE
• Teaching Reading for FCE and CAE
• Teaching Writing for FCE and CAE
• Cambridge Assessment: FCE, CAE and CPE assessment procedures explained

During the workshops, teachers will learn:

• how to use different methods to help students prepare for the exam;
• what the examination requirements are and how the candidate’s work is assessed;
• what to pay special attention to when discussing with students various parts of the exam;
• where to find examination preparation materials.

Additionally each participant will receive:

• training materials
• a certificate of attendance

The cost of seminars

The cost of a 60 minute seminar is 250 zł gross for a group of participants and is calculated for every initiated 30 min.

Contact

For detailed information about workshops, please contact:

Joanna Lewandowska
Tel:+48 (0) 22 695 59 37
Fax:+48 (0) 22 621 99 55
exams.promotion@britishcouncil.pl

The British Council offers teachers of English workshops organised especially for their students!

We invite all interested school groups to our exams centres in:

• Gdansk
• Katowice
• Cracow
• Warsaw
• Wroclaw

to take part in free-of-charge, 90 min long presentations about the following English language exams:

• Cambridge English: Key (KET) & KET for Schools
• Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET) & PET for Schools
• Cambridge English: First (FCE) & FCE for Schools
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

and about interesting and useful on-line resources for every English learner.

If you would like to register your classes for these workshops please contact us:

• for Gdansk – tel. 58 307 45 57
• for Wroclaw – tel. 71 375 29 55
• for Katowice – tel 32 359 22 11
• for Krakow and Warsaw – tel. 662 237 380